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Leaders establish the vision for the future and
                                               set the strategy for getting there. --John P. Kotter

Strategic Imperatives

VISION - To be the premier leader for minority business inclusion and

engagement in North Texas

MISSION - To encourage and facilitate procurement and business

engagement between our Buying Entity Partners and certied Minority
Business Enterprises (MBEs).

WHO WE TOUCH

Buying Entities    MBEs                 Board               Staff                Community

STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES (rst 5)

01 $$$             02                   03                  04                  05

 Increase MBE      Build MBE            Advance             Improve             Enrich
 Business          Capacity             Diversity           Organizational      Champions
 Opportunities     Through Tier         Programs            Infrastructure
                   Programming          Focused On
                                        Minority
                                        Inclusion

2015 ACTION PLAN ACHIEVEMENTS

Ÿ ACCESS           Ÿ MBE CEO            Ÿ Supplier          Ÿ Updated Board     Ÿ Board survey
    Electronic        Academy              Diversity           materials           and follow up
    Opportunity       Inaugural Series     Professionals                           conducted
    Board             – “Hiring the        Working Group    Ÿ Identied 1-on-1
                      Best” presented      Needs               MatchMaker       Ÿ Board reception
Ÿ Emerging            by Energy            Assessment          software
    Market            Future Holdings      Survey
    Seminars                               Produced         Ÿ Created
                   Ÿ Curriculum                                process for
Ÿ ACCESS 1-           developed for     Ÿ 15 BUY THOSE         expenditure
    on-1 &            Finance,             THAT BUY USTM       requests using
    Roundtables       Marketing,           Best Practices      the reserve
                      Sales, Strategic     recognized and
Ÿ DISD Pilot          Planning and         shared in white  Ÿ Purchase of
    Opportunities     Operations           paper               Cyber
    Dissemination                                              Insurance
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